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By BARBARA ESTEVES-MOORE StaffWriter RUDDERVILLE COMMUNITY If the county opened up Page High School to any student who wanted to attend next fall, would that mean a mass exodus from the new Independence High current sophomore class back to Page? School board members discussed that question on Thursday night at a non-voting work session when Director of Schools Rebecca Schwab proposed opening up the zones for Brentwood, Fairview and Page high schools next year along with two elementary schools. The opening of the zones is a way to ease schools where populations are growing rapidly and fill schools where populations are decreasing. Based on that discussion, the board will likely see a more detailed open-zoning proposal at its meeting a week from today. The proposal will outline which open-zoned schools students can and cannot transfer to, depending upon which zoned school a student attends. Board members also asked Schwab to include in the open-zoning proposal a clause that would allow any Franklin Special School District rising ninth-grader to attend Centennial instead of Franklin High.

The majority of graduating eighth-graders attend Centennial; however, some are zoned for Franklin High. Board member James Bond suggested the transfer option as a way to provide some relief to the large population at Franklin High, the largest high school. The main concern with the proposed policy changes was the effect it could have on the new Independence High School, which opened this fall with only freshmen and sophomores and will grow to include juniors next fall. Deputy Director of Schools David Heath said opening a TDOT says stretch ofroad is not yet on federal priority list By CLINT CONFEHR StaffWriter FRANKLIN A project to widen I-65 from four to eight lanes between Highway 96 in Franklin and State Route 840 should be moved onto the priority list, according to a resolution considered last night by the Williamson County Commission. a traffic nightmare and very Commissioner Cheryl Wilson said of the steadily escalating traffic on the stretch, where the four lanes into and four lanes out of Nashville funnel into two lanes each way.

have been a lot of she said. seen tractor-trailer trucks veer off onto the shoulder where it goes from four lanes Cloudy with chance of precipitation CYANMAGYELBLK TennesseanBroadsheet Master TennesseanBroadsheet Master 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 TennesseanBroadsheet Master TennesseanBroadsheet Master 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 WILLIAMSON A.M. POLITICS WILLIAMSON A.M. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday as a supplement to The Tennessean General Manager, Williamson Co. Publications Michael Giangreco Editor Mark Cook Letters to the Editor: Williamson A.M.

320 Premier Suite 202 Franklin, Tennessee 37067 E-mail: Fax: 771-5409 Advertising: 794-2555 CRIME And then there were three Gov. Phil Bredesen now has the name of three attorneys from which to choose for 21st Judicial District judgeship. On 9 SCHOOLS returns With all schools now having resumed, Every School Every Day returns to Williamson A.M. On 4 Taking one down Franklin police and the FBI have charged one man with suspected gang affiliations on weapons violations. On 3 www.tennessean.com A supplement to The Tennessean W1 TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2005 TO SUBSCRIBE: 242-NEWS Got a news tip? Call 771-5411 or fax 771-5409 67 56 Weather T.J.

Mcloy 4th grade, Winstead Elementary Online today Williamson County news, features and calendars are on the World Wide Web. Click Williamson A.M. TENNESSEAN.COM www.tennessean.com Karen Emerson- McPeak Take a bow motivates preschooler to donate all We could all take a lesson in sharing and giving from 4- and-a-half-year-old Jack Perry. He made a big impression last week on the Williamson County Chapter of the Red Cross, not to mention stunning his parents, Thad and Anne Perry. Jack, accompanied by his mother, proudly walked into the Red Cross building in Franklin, his arms loaded down with his life savings: $87.35 in pennies, nickels and dimes, all for the tsunami victims.

Jack says he was watching TV and heard about the where everyone lost everything the Anne said that when he saw it on TV he questioned what had happened. She explained to him in terms that a 4-year- old would understand not that really understand any more than we as adults can understand the total devastation in the 11 countries hit by the tsunami. told him everyone had lost everything in a big wave. He wanted to know if they could go to the money bank and get more money, and I explained that no, because everything was The next morning Anne found him busy sorting all the money he could find and his own piggy bank money into Ziploc bags. When Anne questioned what he was doing, he explained that he wanted the money to go to the people who had lost everything so they could buy milk and blankets.

even had to pry out all the money with a knife from his piggy The first place Anne thought of was the Red Cross; so she explained how the Red Cross helped people and immediately took Jack down to make his donation. Jack says he feels good now that given all his money to others and he especially liked his visit to the Red Cross where apparently he got a lot of attention. Mom and Dad were pleased and stunned. pick up on things that you even Anne said. really shamed us Tom Peters, executive director of the Williamson County Red Cross, said, what been hearing so many young people over there have been lost and affected the young people over here.

take any donations and pass it on to the International Red Peters also encouraged donations to be marked for international relief not just the Tsunami relief fund. you earmark it for certain categories it has to stay in that fund. still money in the Oklahoma City fund from years Peters said. need help here at home too. There were six fires in neighboring counties and four here in Williamson County over the holidays.

Sometimes they only need a handshake and a hug, but we still have to be So dig in your couch cushions, unload the change in your pockets and the bottom of you desk drawer. Maybe we should remember the old of the mouths of Williamson County commissioners want I-65 widened between Murfreesboro Road and State Route 840. The annual traffic count shows use of the road is increasing there. TDOT examines I-65 congestion issues ANRI SANO STAFFSource: TDOT 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 60,000 198519901995 20002004 Adjusted average daily vehicles Year 13,279 29,150 34,703 44,260 54,040 57,130 50,081 38,499 34,948 20,738 65 431 Long Ln. Peytonsville Rd.

840 31 96 Goose Creek Bypass Mack Hatcher Pkwy. 1 2 Franklin Detail area Williamson County takes on I-65 bottleneck On the web Look for an update on last County Commission meeting on www.tennessean.com Please see TRAFFIC, 9 Fine print added to Brentwood, Page open zoning Detailed plan will outline which schools students can and cannot transfer to, depending on zone Please see REZONING, 4 JEANNE REISEL STAFF Members of the 45th Civil Support Team (CST) of the Tennessee National Guard based in Smyrna investigate and take readings as part of a training exercise at the Williamson County Landfill which also included Williamson County law enforcement and emergency personnel. The 45th CST supports civil authorities at a suspected or actual domestic weapons of mass destruction incident site by identifying chemical, biological, radiological assessing consequences, advising on response measures, and assisting with appropriate requests for additional state federal support. TRAINING FOR THE UNTHINKABLE Inside Move to rezone crowded Franklin High goes nowhere, but relief in sight either, page 4 Town homes first for Gateway Village development Specialty shops, offices to fill out new development By COURTNEY WATSON StaffWriter FRANKLIN After more than three years of planning, the landscape is finally changing at the corner of Lynnwood Way and Franklin Road where the Gateway Village development will rise. been planning a long time, so be executing said developer Mike Murphy, managing partner of Cumberland Advisors.

The land has been cleared. Soon it will begin its transformation to become offices, commercial and retail spaces, and residences, all set in a master-planned community. first phase of the residential will consist of 33 town home Murphy said. The units will range from 1,500 to about 2,500 square feet and will be priced between $250,000 and $350,000, according to Murphy. have a couple of different he said.

trying to do is open the market up to several different types of Murphy said lots for the town homes will be ready by the beginning of April, with construction finished and homes ready for purchase by early August. Simultaneously, the commercial and office aspects of the development will be under development with lots to be delivered by midsummer. Murphy said he name any tenants yet, but did say most would be smaller, unanchored specialty shops. Several of the commercial site lots are in various stages of development, he said. are under letters of intent and some are under Both chain and local retailers will be among the restaurants and shops Cumberland Advisors will develop to complement its mixed-use spaces.

will have several buildings that are mixed use in Murphy said. planning two- and perhaps three-story buildings with retail on the first level and office above retail. Other buildings we are planning right now have office, retail and residential The look will be according to Murphy. all to promote the village he said. not just a name.

We are looking to create a village Law enforcement agencies practice response to radioactive terror By CLINT CONFEHR StaffWriter BENDING CHESTNUT COMMUNITY deputies dispatched to a rental property to check on a mysterious death and a possible drug lab instead found radioactive material for a terrorist weapon designed to spread radiation. The discovery of the so-called and the events leading up to it, were all part of a fictitious training scenario played out last week in southwest Williamson County. The bomb real, but the dozens of officers who took advantage of the hypothetical situation to train certainly were. More than 30 law enforcement officers, emergency responders and National Guardsmen participated in the exercise that started in the predawn hours of Friday at the Williamson County Landfill and ended as dusk approached. got a dead guy.

You got a lab that look like a meth lab and some equipment up there consistent with (weapons of mass said Assistant U.S. Attorney Eli Richardson, describing the scene law enforcement officials found when they came upon the landfill. Richard was among those coordinating the response of various local, state and federal agencies to what officers were told would be a hypothetical methamphetamine lab. At first, police officers and guardsmen figure out what found, but then more clues emerged. The first responding deputies, according to the scenario, were getting ill with the symptoms of exposure to radiation.

Next they learned that an FBI background check found the dead man had been in weapons said Mike Thompson, director of the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency. was a Tennessee Army and Air National Guard soldiers were called in to use a device similar to a Geiger counter and other analytical equipment, including a mobile lab. turned out to be somebody making a rocket a flying dirty Thompson said. Maj. Gary Herr of Fieldstone Farms subdivisions, one of the Tennessee Army National Guard officers who police must contact to get federal help in such situations, said the training helps all parties involved learn about each strengths and resources.

Thompson also emphasized the importance of training with several agencies. just train with ourselves or just see each other during real he said. ideally, able to stop these kinds of things to protect Thompson said such training usually takes place at least once a year, but three are scheduled for 2005..